Siobhan Galvin

Experience

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  Various Hospitals Ireland, UK and Middle East

  May 1982 - Jun 1997

  Student, Staff and Charge Nurse Roles

  St. James Hospital Dublin, Cherry Orchard Hospital Dublin, Moorefields Eye Hospital London, St. George's Hospital London, Coombe Women's Hospital Dublin, Mater Misericordiae Hospital Dublin, King Khaled Eye Hospital Riyadh.

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  HP

  Jun 1997 - Jul 1999

  Occupational Health Advisor
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  St. Patrick's Mental Health Services

  Jul 1999 - Oct 2003

  EAP Co-ordinator/Manager

  Managed EAP services for a number of high profile organisations nationwide including Intel Ireland, Irish Blood Transfusion Service, Royal and Sun Alliance, Irish Search and Rescue. Worked with Director Prof. Anthony Clare to provide a first class professional service.

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  Empathy Counselling & Psychotherapy

  Oct 2002 - now

  Psychotherapist & Owner/Manager

  Provision of counselling/psychotherapeutic services to clients in the Midlands (and previously Dublin). Includes provision of private counselling/psychotherapy services to individuals and contracted to provide services for clients of Towards Healing as well as Optum, Abate, ComPsych, AXA ICAS and Ceridian and other EAPs.Areas of interest/experience include trauma, abuse, depression, anxiety, loss, relationships.

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  WorkWell Ltd.

  Dec 2003 - Jun 2006

  Managing Director

  Owner/manager of WorkWell Ltd., an Employee Assistance Programme providing services to a number of companies nationally.

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  EAP Solutions

  Jul 2006 - Dec 2006

  Clinical Manager

  Provision of clinical management until company bought out by EAR Ireland/Workplace Options.

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  Workplace Options

  Jan 2007 - Feb 2009

  Clinical Manager
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  Self-Employed

  Feb 2009 - Aug 2021

  Workplace Wellness & EAP Consultant

  Provision of workplace wellness consultancy services including the provision of EAP and advisory services to organisations tendering for Employee Assistance Programmes.I have over 25 years experience in the area of workplace health and wellness. Of those, I spent more than ten years working in senior roles in Employee Assistance Programme services as well as the provision of individual and group mental health services. My breadth of experience places me in a unique position of understanding the needs of employers from both a physical and mental health perspective. I bring to my work a passion for listening to and understanding the requirements of employers and employees and working with them to tailor a plan to meet their needs. Show less

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  Living Life Counselling Ltd.

  Jun 2010 - Aug 2012

  Counselling Co-ordinator

  Worked part time in Living Life Counselling, a charitable organisation which provides low cost counselling to individuals of all ages. Provided co-ordination of and suppport to volunteer counsellors and assessment of potential clients.

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  Pieta House

  Jan 2013 - Feb 2014

  Contract Psychotherapist

  Worked part-time as a contract counsellor with Pieta House, initially in Limerick and later in the newly opened centre in Roscrea, providing counselling and support for individuals experiencing suicidal ideation and/or self-harming behaviour.

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  Health Service Executive

  Sept 2016 - Nov 2020

  Contract psychotherapist with the HSE CIPC project. Provide assessment and short-term counselling to clients referred by primary care teams in the Midlands. Time-limited contract. Working with adult clients presenting to the NCS having experience physical, emotional, sexual abuse or neglect in childhood.

  • Contract Psychotherapist CIPC

    Aug 2013 - Nov 2020

  • Contract Counsellor/Therapist NCS

    Sept 2016 - Aug 2017